On the 24th of February our dear friend and designteam member Jeanette Blok died at the age of 53. Jeanette couldn't win the fight against this horrible decease she had been fighting for more than 5 years now. We lost a great friend and our team will never be the same again.

This month we won't host a challenge and the winner of the challenge of February will be announced at the end of March.We would love you to make a card in remembrance of Jeanette and use the link below or post it on our challenge Facebook page. We hope you understand that there won't be a winning card this month.

Follow your heart especially on valentinesday. I made this CAS card by stamping the heart in three different colours. Heat-embossed them and cut them out. Stamped the sentiment in the same colours using a stamp-platform.

In december I created a mini canvas for a magazine. Now I can finally share it with all of you.I used different art journey stamps like the doilies, gnome from fairy tale people,white butterfly and some little stamps, like the poppy seeds.
Here you can watch the video i made, hope you enjoy!

This month's theme on the Art Journey challenge blog and facebook (Art Journey Challenge) is black,
white and one other color. Yesterday I attended a workshop about making boxes at
Jolanda Leenders. Ane now I gave my own Valentine twist on it with Art journey
stamps. There is still plenty of time to join, so please join us in this
challenge. You can see all the rules on the blog HERE

We are proud to present the newest of our Art Journey stampsheets named Crows. I really adore these stamps and can't wait to get my hands on them! Yeah that's right, they are new, but not yet in stock, but you can preorder them so as soon as they are here I can ship it out to you. So don't hesitate and order NOW.

It has been a while since the last time we, Art Journey women, showed our work spaces. Today I want to show you where I create. It is not a separate room in the house, but a corner of the living room, where I have a high table and some cupboards.

This is my work table. I cleaned it for the photo. Usually it is a huge mess, with only a square inch to work on. On the wall are some inspiring things I made. On top of the inks, hiding behind the daylight lamp, you can see the cards I made for this month's and the previous challenge.

I really need this extra table and sometimes my daughters sit there to create with me. Behind the right slide door is some storage space. And I love my chalk board! In the coloured drawers are things that need to be on hand: clear blocks for stamping, brayer, cutting mats, sponges, paints, pencils, some sweets :) and more.

Did you notice the purple box on the shelf? It is a box my youngst daughter decorated for me two years ago. She was so proud to see her mothers' creation on the cover of Craft Stamper magazine. Now the box holds the issues with my work in it (8 in total)